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April 11, 2022: Arvada veteran helps Ukrainian refugees flee; Peters’ stake in election fraud claims

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Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters at the 2022 Colorado Republican State Assembly on April 9, 2022 at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs. She won a spot on the GOP primary ballot for Secretary of State there despite being under grand jury indictment felony indictment for alleged election security breaches, in a case overseen by a Republican prosecutor.

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Arvada City Councilwoman Lisa Smith is just back from Poland, where she helped refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. Then, CPR’s political podcast, Purplish, looks at Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who’s at the center of false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. Peters, who's running for secretary of state, won a spot on the Republican primary ballot last weekend.